Which to use
“hooded” is an adjective and “hooked” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,133
- “hooded” frequency rank
- #8,045
- “hooked” frequency rank
- 28178
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hooded | hooked |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Wearing a hood. | simple past and past participle of hook |
Where the eye mixes hooded and hooked
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses hooded with hooked
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hooded is /ˈhʊdɪd/ while hooked is /hʊkt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “hooded” becomes k in “hooked”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28178, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hooded is recorded at frequency rank #20,133, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈhʊdɪd/. hooked is at rank #8,045, tagged as averb, pronounced /hʊkt/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 28178, this pair ranks #373,125 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hooded vs hooked
Shared letters: deho. Private to "hooded": -. Private to "hooked": k.
"hooded" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "hooked" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hooded" for "hooked" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hooded" vs "hooked" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "hooded" and "hooked" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hooded" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hooked" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,125 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hooded" and "hooked" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hooded vs hoodoo". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #373,125 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.